Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas
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| Glenrio, New Mexico Glenrio, Texas |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | New Mexico Texas |
| County | Quay County, New Mexico Deaf Smith County, Texas |
| ZIP Code | 88434 |
Glenrio is an unincorporated community in both Deaf Smith County, Texas, and Quay County, New Mexico in the United States. Located on Route 66, it sits on the Texas/New Mexico state line.
Glenrio was the site for the "First Motel in Texas" / "Last Motel in Texas" and an old post office that straddled the state line along with other businesses along U.S. Route 66 for many years until Interstate 40 bypassed the community in 1973, rendering it a ghost town. The ghost town consists of the remains of the courtyard motel and related Texas Longhorn Cafe and Phillips 66 service station, the post office, a few other buildings including an old diner and adjacent Texaco service station, the old Route 66 roadbed and the former roadbed of the Rock Island Railroad whose tracks were removed in the 1980s. A few homes still exist here. It sits just a few yards to the south of Interstate 40 at Texas Exit 0 on Business I-40, a road which turns into a local gravel road at the state line. Mail was formerly served by a post office on the New Mexico side of the town.
The community was founded in 1903 as a railroad siding on the Rock Island Railroad. Its name comes from Scots "glen" + Spanish "rio" (meaning "river").
[edit] References
- Fugate, Francis L. and Roberta B. Roadside History of New Mexico. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 1989, p. 356. ISBN 0-87842-242-0.
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